COLOR:
Heartwood is tan or reddish; sapwood is white to cream, with fine brown lines.

GRAIN:
Closed, with moderate definition; somewhat rough-textured.

VARIATIONS WITHIN SPECIES AND GRADES:
There are often pronounced differentiations in color between spring wood and summer wood. Sapwood is usually graded higher than darker heartwood. Pecan and hickory are traditionally mixed by flooring mills.

ORIGIN:
North America.

GRADE:
Clear, Select, CW1, CW2.

HARDNESS (JANKA):
1820.

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY:
Average.

NAILING:
Has a tendency to split the tongues.

SANDING:
Difficult to sand because of density, and because light color makes sander marks show more than on darker woods. Suggested Sequence First Cut: 40 or 50 at a 7-15 degree angle with the grain Second Cut: 50 or 60 straight with the grain Third Cut: 80 or 100 Hard Plate: 100 Screen: 80 or 100.

FINISHING:
May be difficult to stain.